Fruit-jar.



E. R. GLASER.

FRUIT JAR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24, 1911.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

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FRUIT JAR.

Specification 08. Letters Patent.

Application aieaau ustz i, 1911. Serial No. 645,817)

To all gwhoin it may concern.

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH R.

a citizen of the United States, residing at North Dover, in the countyof Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fruit-Ja'rs,'.

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fruit jars, and the invention consists inmeans for keeping the fruit beneath the liquid level in the jar when thefruit is canned and the jar is coveredand sealed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of afruit jar embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevathereof whereby thefruit is kept immersed in.the liquid as hereinafter fully described.

Fig. 3 is a cross section of the jar .and the said stem and showing thesaid disk beneath on line 3-3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view ob ect ofkeeping the contents of the jar beof the tool or instrument-I use forboth affixing and removing the cover and its extension in and from thejar.

his well known that if mold or'decomposition forms on fruits orvegetables that have been cann'ed it gathers first on the stock that hasfloated to the top of the liquid and is more or less exposed above theliquid. Furthermore, under exactly the same conditions otherwise in thejar there will be no sign of decay or fermentation or mold if the stockbe wholly submerged beneath the top surface of the liquid and there isno exposure thereof at the top. This observation has led up to thepresent invention which,

as above indicated, consists in means for permanently depressing thecanned goods beneath the surface of, the liquld employed to preserve thesame, relatively as shown in -af course I am awarethat in any broadsense it is not a new practice to submerge salt meats,pickles and otherarticles by placing .covers directly upon them with weights to holdthecovers down, but my invention "differs from all such means andmethods in this that it applies to goods confined hermetically sealedjars or cans and cons1sts in a submerging or depressing med um Wl110h isunitary with the cover itself.

Now, referring again to the drawings, J re resents a fruit orvegetable]H.I of an original construction, particularly in its top level in thejar.

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or upper portion, where the same is shown as having a flat offsetshoulder or seat 2 about its, inside at the intunediate top of thestraight side portion of the jar and from about which there is anupwardly and outwardly extending flan e 4 deep enou h to receive thecover C flus with the top t ereof, in this instance. Presumably all theparts are made of glass, though not neces sarily, and the said flange,rim or crown 4 is shown as slightly curved in cross section both withinand without. and es ecially within soas to provide something oi a recessabout the edge of the cover wherein the 'sealing wax or paraffin willmake firm sealing engagement, and the cover preferably has a eveled edge5 more or less opposite said recess and cooperating therewith in sealingthe jar while otherwise said cover rests on the seat 2. Thesaid seatmayalso be provided with a rubber gasket 6, if deemed desirable. Now, inorder toelfect the more important neath the solution or liquid, Iprovide the cover C with a disk or shield D suspended therefrom by meansof a central stem 7 and make the combined device of such depthrelatively that when the cover is in place t e said disk or shield is atthe requisite Of course gravity alone would hold the device in place,but in addi tion to this I provide positlve means for'engaging thedevice with the jar. To this end the jar is provided with severalinwardly projecting lugs 8 internally near its top and the said disk Dhas, notches or recesses 9 in its edge corresponding to said lugs inposition and size and adapted to pass down to a plane beneath the same,and the said disk is beveled or inclined at 10 on corresponding sides ofsaid notches so as to enable the disk to slide beneath'said lugs at saidinclinations when rotated and thus make a locking engagement therewithin a camlike action. The said disk does -not fit the jar closely aboutits edge, but in addition may have one or more perforations bor theirequivalent in its body portion so as to pass liquid above or over thesame.

a The cover C has a curved channel m formed in its top and center and abridge portion at over said channel under which I engage the hook h ofthe tool E and rotate the cover to both closing and opening position.The bottom of the cover is shown as extending down past the seat 2 and arubber gasket 6 may be used on the said seat if preferred.

What I claim is:

A fruit jar having an annular enlargement about its top witha seat aboutits inside for the cover and a plurality of inwardly 1'0- ject-ing lugswithin the upper portion oi the jar below said seat and having'bottom.engaging surfaces, in combination with a cover on said seat having astem and a disk thereon provided with notches in its edge.adapted topass said lugs through the same and having inclined surfaces at one sideof said notches adapted *to ride beneath said lugs and lock the cover inthe jar, and the sad cover constructed on its top'to engage a tooltherewith to rotate the same, whereby the cover is removably and firmlysecured upon thejar and a liquid space is provided bekeeps the fruitsubmerged.

In testimonywhereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses;

. ELIZABETH R. GLASER. Witnesses: f

PHIL L. FRAMBOUR, EDNA L. SEITZ.

tween the said cover and the said disk which

